Accented vowels are treated as letters in their own right in Faroese, with their own pronunciation. All vowels have long and short forms. Vowels are short in front of two or more consonants, otherwise they are long.

A a

(Short) like "a" in "land", (long) like "ea" in "bear".

Á á

(Short) like "aw" in "law", (long) like "wha" in "whack".

E e

(Short) like "e" in "bet", (long) like "ai" in "air".

I i

(Short) like "i" in "sit", (long) like the "ee" in "see".

Í í

(Short) like the "wi" in "with", (long) like "whee" in "wheeze".

O o

(Short) like "aw" in "law", (long) like "oa" in "oar".

Ó ó

(Short) like "e" in "father", (long) like "o" in "wrote".

U u

(Short) like "oo" in "foot", (long) like "oo" in "food".

Ú ú

(Short) like Faroese long "i" but said with rounded lips, (long) like Faroese long "u" but said with rounded lips.

Y y

Same as Faroese "i": (Short) like "i" in "sit", (long) like the "ee" in "see".

Ý ý

Same as Faroese "í": (Short) like the "wi" in "with", (long) like "whee" in "wheeze".

Æ æ

Same as Faroese "a": (Short) like "a" in "land", (long) like "ea" in "bear".

Ø ø

(Short) like "e" in "father", (long) like short Faroese "ó" but lengthened.

NOTE: The numbers 1 to 3 have three gender forms in Faroese, and this gender form changes depending upon whether the number is attached to a masculine, feminine, or neuter word. Only numbers one to three have these gender forms. In addition the numbers one to three change for the four grammatical cases.